Candidate 01
Maximum-density single session
When you want the most grafts possible in one day, FUT delivers higher yields than FUE for the same harvest area. The strip method recovers more follicles per square millimetre of donor scalp.
Strip surgery — the technique that delivers more grafts in a single day than any other. For patients prioritising coverage and comfortable wearing hair at medium-length so the thin linear donor scar stays hidden.
FUT — also called follicular unit transplantation or strip surgery — is the original modern hair transplant technique, predating FUE by roughly a decade. A strip of scalp containing healthy donor hair is removed from the back of the head, then dissected under a microscope into individual follicular units that are placed into the recipient site one at a time.
The donor strip closure leaves a thin linear scar at the back of the head — typically 1 to 2 millimetres wide once healed, and invisible under hair worn at half-inch length or longer. The trade-off is straightforward: a small scar in exchange for a higher single-session yield than FUE typically delivers from the same harvest area.
For patients who don't plan to wear their hair short, FUT is often the better technical choice — and frequently the better economic one.
When you want the most grafts possible in one day, FUT delivers higher yields than FUE for the same harvest area. The strip method recovers more follicles per square millimetre of donor scalp.
Severe pattern loss (Norwood V–VII) sometimes needs more grafts than FUE can deliver in a single session. FUT closes the gap.
FUT leaves a thin linear scar at the back of the donor area. Hair styled at half-inch or longer hides it completely. If you don't ever wear short hair, FUT may be the better choice.
Same hairline-design standard, same Dr. Jones performing the work, different harvest method. The choice between FUE and FUT comes down to your hair-length preferences and the case requirements — not a quality difference.
FUE extracts each follicle individually with a small punch — no linear scar, slower per-graft to harvest, requires shaving the donor area for most cases. Best when the patient plans to wear hair short, where a linear scar would be visible.
FUT takes a strip and dissects it under microscope — leaves a thin linear scar (hidden by half-inch hair), faster per-graft to harvest, no donor shave required, higher single-session yield. Best when the patient consistently wears hair at medium length or longer.
Both techniques use the same hairs, target the same recipient sites, and deliver permanent results. The difference is in the donor harvest only. The question we ask in consultation isn’t “FUT or FUE?” — it’s “what hair length will you wear, what density do you need, and what donor supply do we have to work with?” The answer points to one or the other.
FUT shines on the cases FUE struggles with — severe pattern loss, large total areas to cover, patients who want maximum density in one session. The trade-off is the linear donor scar, hidden completely under hair worn at half-inch length or longer.
Most patients are presentable at two weeks, see early new growth at month four, and hit their mature result at month twelve. The transplanted follicles are DHT-resistant — they grow for life. Donor sutures come out at day 10–14; the linear scar fades over months to a fine line that's invisible at any normal-length haircut.
6–8 hours depending on graft count. Local anesthesia. The strip is harvested from the back of the head, dissected into individual grafts under microscope, and placed into the recipient site Dr. Jones designed.
The donor site is closed with sutures or staples. Mild tightness at the back of the head for the first week. Sutures come out at day 10–14 — typically a quick visit or done by a local provider.
Recipient area scabs have come off, hair styled normally over the donor area. The thin linear scar fades over months to a fine line invisible at half-inch hair length and longer.
Same biology as FUE: shed → dormancy → emergence. New hairs begin appearing around month four.
Mature density. Twelve months in, most patients can't tell where the work was done.
Send photos and you'll get a written assessment from Dr. Jones — candidate or not, recommended technique (FUT, FUE, or wait), graft count, and a cost range.